BBC police drama beats Married Single Other's 3.9m audience

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Anne Cassidy

March 09, 2010

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BBC police drama beats Married Single Other's 3.9m audience

LONDON - BBC One's police drama 'New Tricks' edged a lead over rival ITV1's 'Married Single Other' in the peaktime ratings battle last night.

Married Single Other: ITV show fails to trump BBC

The BBC One series, starring Amanda Redman, pulled in 4.2 million viewers between 9pm and 10pm, earning a 17.5% share of the audience.

Meanwhile, romantic comedy ‘Married Single Other’, starring Ralph Little and Lucy Davis, attracted 3.9 million viewers and a 16.4% share for ITV.

Channel 4’s peaktime offering ‘The Secret Millionaire’ drew 2.8 million (including the contribution from Channel 4 +1) and a 12% share, and BBC Two’s series ‘A Band for Britain’, which followed presenter Sue Perkins as she tried to turn around the fortunes of a brass band, drew 1.6 million viewers.

Five’s showing of classic western ‘For a Few Dollars More’ at 9pm pulled in 1.4 million viewers and an 8.2% share.

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